Onychomycosis natural history, complications and prognosis

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Common complications of onychomycosis include infections deeper to the nails.

Onychomycosis including adjacent skin injury may allow colonization of the organisms , thereby increasing the risk of infectious complications. Complications are more common in immunocompromised patients, diabetics and elderly people. Most common complications are cellulitis, osteomyelitis, sepsis, and tissue necrosis